Definition of muscle

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Muscle (n.) Muscular strength or development; as, to show one's muscle by lifting a heavy weight..

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Azygous :: Azygous (a.) Odd; having no fellow; not one of a pair; single; as, the azygous muscle of the uvula..
Sphincter :: Sphincter (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sphincter; as, a sphincter muscle..
Crick :: Crick (n.) A painful, spasmodic affection of the muscles of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, rendering it difficult to move the part..
Stimulation :: Stimulate (v. t.) To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity..
Subcostal :: Subcostal (a.) Situated below the costas, or ribs; as, the subcostal muscles..
Tetanize :: Tetanize (v. t.) To throw, as a muscle, into a state of permanent contraction; to cause tetanus in. See Tetanus, n., 2..
Inirritable :: Inirritable (a.) Not irritable; esp. (Physiol.), incapable of being stimulated to action, as a muscle..
Sting :: Stimulus (v. t.) That which excites or produces a temporary increase of vital action, either in the whole organism or in any of its parts; especially (Physiol.), any substance or agent capable of evoking the activity of a nerve or irritable muscle, or capable of producing an impression upon a sensory organ or more particularly upon its specific end organ..
Oscines :: Oscines (n. pl.) Singing birds; a group of the Passeres, having numerous syringeal muscles, conferring musical ability..
Muscled :: Muscled (a.) Furnished with muscles; having muscles; as, things well muscled..
Associable :: Associable (a.) Liable to be affected by sympathy with other parts; -- said of organs, nerves, muscles, etc..
Epicranium :: Epicranium (n.) The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc..
Action :: Action (n.) Any one of the active processes going on in an organism; the performance of a function; as, the action of the heart, the muscles, or the gastric juice..
Muscular :: Muscular (a.) Well furnished with muscles; having well-developed muscles; brawny; hence, strong; powerful; vigorous; as, a muscular body or arm..
Interseptal :: Interseptal (a.) Between septa; as, the interseptal spaces or zones, between the transparent, or septal, zones in striated muscle; the interseptal chambers of a shell, or of a seed vessel..
Cremaster :: Cremaster (n.) A thin muscle which serves to draw up the testicle.
Amyous :: Amyous (a.) Wanting in muscle; without flesh.
Flaccid :: Flaccid (a.) Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid flesh..
Mobility :: Mobility (n.) The quality or state of being mobile; as, the mobility of a liquid, of an army, of the populace, of features, of a muscle..
Antagonist :: Antagonist (n.) A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it..
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